Senior Security & Infrastructure Engineer

Forerunner; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/vision/dental coverage

401k plan

Expensed lunch weekly

Quarterly wellness reimbursement

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Forerunner is hiring a Senior Security & Infrastructure Engineer to own the security and compliance posture of our AWS infrastructure end-to-end, from authorization boundaries to automation, while advancing FedRAMP authorization. You will work at the intersection of security engineering, infrastructure, and compliance, partnering with our engineering team to make security decisions default.

You will drive FedRAMP execution, implement machine-readable evidence, and coordinate with 3PAOs.

Qualifications

• FedRAMP authorization experience (Agency or JAB, Moderate+) and lessons learned.
• Strong AWS and infrastructure-as-code fundamentals.
• Ability to write a control narrative and fix the Terraform it describes.
• Experience with SOC 2 / StateRAMP / TX-RAMP, continuous monitoring tooling, threat modeling.
• Bonus: Node/TypeScript environments, PostGIS, GovTech/public sector delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the security and compliance posture of AWS infra (us-east-1, Moderate).
• Drive FedRAMP execution with compliance lead: machine-readable evidence in Vanta, control implementation, coordination with 3PAO.
• Harden/modernize production infra: IaC, segmentation, secrets management, logging/detection (Datadog), incident response.
• Integrate security into CI/CD and developer workflows, not as an afterthought.
• Collaborate with engineering (≈12 people) to land security decisions as defaults.

Skills

FedRAMP authorization

AWS experience

Infrastructure as code

Terraform

SOC 2 / StateRAMP / TX-RAMP

Continuous monitoring

Threat modeling

Node/TypeScript

PostGIS

GovTech/public sector delivery

Tools

Datadog

Vanta

Job description

Hi! We're Forerunner.

Hi! We're Forerunner.Stronger, more resilient communities are built by the people inside government and regulated industries who keep critical infrastructure running. But they're working against real headwinds: fragmented data, field crews without the right tools, and high-stakes decisions made without a complete picture. Forerunner exists to fix that. We build intelligent software that connects the systems these agencies and firms already rely on, fills the gaps those systems can't, and turns fragmented information into decisions and actions that reduce liability, surface revenue, and prevent small problems from becoming emergencies.

About The Role

As a Senior Security & Infrastructure Engineer, you will own the security and compliance posture of our AWS infrastructure end-to-end — from the authorization boundary and continuous monitoring through to the automation that keeps it all running — while driving our FedRAMP authorization forward. You'll act at the intersection of security engineering, infrastructure, and compliance, partnering directly with our compliance lead and engineering team to make security decisions land as defaults rather than review gates.

What You'll Do

• Own the security and compliance posture of our AWS infrastructure (us-east-1 commercial, targeting Moderate): authorization boundary, KSI evidence, continuous monitoring, and the automation behind all of it
• Drive FedRAMP execution alongside our compliance lead: machine-readable evidence in Vanta, control implementation, 3PAO coordination through assessment and Marketplace listing
• Harden and modernize production infrastructure: IaC, network segmentation, secrets management, logging and detection in Datadog, incident response
• Keep the guardrails from becoming a tax: build compliance into CI/CD and developer workflows rather than bolting it on
• Partner directly with engineering (~12 people, two product teams) so security decisions land as defaults, not as review gates

What We're Looking For

• You've been through a FedRAMP authorization before - Agency or JAB, Moderate or above - and can speak candidly about what actually consumed the time
• Deep AWS experience and strong infrastructure-as-code fundamentals
• Comfortable owning both the engineering and the paperwork; you can write a control narrative and also fix the Terraform it describes
• Experience with SOC 2 / StateRAMP / TX-RAMP, continuous monitoring tooling, and threat modeling
• Bonus: Node/TypeScript environments, PostGIS, GovTech or public sector delivery

Why this role

FedRAMP is the gate between our product and the agencies that need it most. You'd be one of the first dedicated security engineering hires, with ownership, scope, supportive infra partners already in place, and a mission where the downstream user is a community trying to best prepare against natural disasters.

What we offer

• We're mission‑driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We're in the weeds - our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.
• We're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.
• We build each other up. A team works best when its members are adequately equipped with the tools to tackle the problems they are facing. Forerunner strives to provide adequate feedback and appropriate learning opportunities to help all its team members expand their skills.
• We value in‑person collaboration. Some of our best work happens when we're solving problems together in the same room, so this role is hybrid and based near one of our offices: New York City, San Francisco, or Portland, Maine.
• We want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, a 401k plan, and one expensed lunch per week. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what “health” means to you.

The salary range for this position is $195,000-$220,000. This posting may span more than one career level. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including an individual's skills, experience, and qualifications. Forerunner is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing diversity and the perspectives of individuals from all backgrounds.